214
●
CARUSO, ENRICO. Photograph Postcard Signed, bust portrait by Rizzo, show-
ing him in checked jacket and tie looking into the camera. Signed diagonally in the image,
near lower edge. 5
1
/
4
x3
1
/
4
inches; some fading to signature but quite legible, remnants of
prior mounting overall verso.
Np, nd
[300/400]
WITH
—
Caruso. Three Photographs Signed, each a portrait of him clipped from a newspaper or
program and mounted to board, one showing him in costume. Signed in the image. Each 5x4
inches or smaller.
215
●
CHABRIER, EMMANUEL. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed friend, in
French, concerning a letter of recommendation for a young violinist. 1 page, 8vo, with
integral blank; folds, minor even toning; matted. Paris, 22 October 1881
[150/250]
Chabrier (1841-1894) was a French composer whose works include the operetta
L’Étoile
,
1877, and the symphony
España
, 1883.
216
●
MILHAUD, DARIUS. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient, in
French, thanking him for his letter, promising to commend his teaching ability if there is
an opportunity, but reminding him that the field is presently glutted. 1 page, 8vo; folds.
“Mills College,” 3 June [1941?]
[100/200]
217
●
(OPERA.) Group of 11 Photographs Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by singers,
to Oscar Evans. Each approximately 5
1
/
2
x3
1
/
2
inches; signed in the image; mounted, adhe-
sive from matting affecting margins of some photographs.
SOLD AS IS
.
Np, 1958-65
[100/200]
Tito Gobbi (2) * Gabriella Tucci * Leontyne Price * Tito Schipa * Maria Caniglia *
Gianni Raimondi * Carlo Bergonzi * Mirella Freni * Leonie Rysanek * Alfredo Kraus.
WITH
—
Group of 5 items Signed and Inscribed, by performers, to Oscar Evans, mostly adver-
tisements: Joan Sutherland * Birgit Nilsson * Galina Vishnevskaya; and Mstislav
Rostropovich * Bidú Sayão * Giacomo Lauri-Volpi.
218
●
(OPERA.) Group of 16 Photographs Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by singers,
to Oscar Evans, including many in costume. Each 10x8 inches; signed in the image;
mounted, adhesive from matting affecting margins of some photographs.
SOLD AS IS
.
Np, 1959-67
[150/250]
Beverly Sills * James McCracken * Richard Tucker * Zinka Milanov * Nicolai Gedda *
Sándor Kónya * Jan Peerce * Roberta Peters * Renata Tebaldi * Giulietta Simionato *
Carlo Bergonzi * Gianni Raimondi * Jon Vickers * Robert Merrill * Lucine Amara *
Giorgio Tozzi.
219
●
(OPERA.) Group of over 150 programs from New York’s Metropolitan Opera
beginning in 1917, including 6 Signed by a performer, bound into a book. Oblong 4to,
cloth, edges rubbed.
New York, 1917-48
[100/200]
Rosa Ponselle * Giuseppe di Luca * Charles Kullman (2) * Nino Martini * Lawrence
Tibbett.